Tulip

Tulipa species

Plants of Home and Garden

Requires good drainage, good soil, sun, lots of room. Set small wild species 4" deep, larger ones and hybrid tulips 6-8" deep, 4-6" apart, planting late fall and winter until ground freezes solid. Store bulbs in refrigerator if any delay in planting. May be started from seed but unpredictable: sow late winter to very early in spring, or in fall, 1/8 to 1/4" deep. Zone 3-8

To have repeated, very successful blooms these should be dug late each spring and replanted late in fall; if not, energy goes to bulblet production instead and the size of the show will diminish each year. To reproduce, leave bulbs in place and divide in fall